Disclaimer: I don't own anything Final Fantasy, apart from Tidus, he's mine. Ok, ok, fine, I don't own Tidus, but they can't take away my dreams! evil laugh

cough yea, sorry about that. But aren't we all a little mad about that blonde?

Okay, I want to say I am SOOOOO sorry about this being so very late. I know, you have permission to hit me if you ever meet me. Lol. Anyway, I love you guys and your reviews, you have every right to tell me I am a crap updater, but without further ado, there it is.

Where did I leave you people? Ah yea, sleep over.

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Yuna got up the next morning, and groaned: school. Wait, she thought. She then smiled to herself, School meant Tidus. She smiled and got out of her sleeping bag. Rikku, Paine and Lulu were all still sleeping, so she decided to be the first to the shower. She showered quickly and got dressed. By the time she had poured herself some cereal, she heard her friends fighting for the shower. Rikku's screams of "but it's my shower!" were drowned out by Paine's "let me in the shower first or you die". Yuna smiled to herself and boiled the kettle for a coffee.

They all walked to school happily. As they had their GCSEs this year, Yuna knew it would be a stressful year, but she was still looking forward to everything. She really had to make the most of this year. Rikku had already been offered a job at an Al Bhed translating department for a mechanical firm, and Paine was off to college. Lulu and Yuna planned to stay on at school into the 6th form, but it wouldn't be the same if they were all split up.

They arrived at the gates and went to their lockers. Yuna grabbed her PE kit and Rikku did the same. Paine dumped some books in Yuna's locker as she couldn't be bothered to remember her key, and as Yuna always remembered hers, Paine just used Yuna's. There was plenty of room. Yuna listened to Rikku telling her and Lulu about this new club thing that had opened in Luca. "It's sounds really good, and depending on which night you go, there's different sorts of music." She explained.

"Yuna," said Paine.

"Yeah?" said Yuna, turning around to face Paine who had just shut Yuna's locker.

"Who drew this?" she asked.

Yuna blushed and took the picture from Paine which she had left in her locker. It was the one Tidus had drawn yesterday. It looked even better today. She caught herself staring at it and remembering that lesson, but she brought herself back to there and now and looked at Paine. What should she say? She just wanted to keep that knowledge of the lesson for just her and him.

"The teacher drew it as an example," she lied.

"Whoa Yuna. That's awesome! You sure the teacher doesn't fancy you? I mean, that a seriously….errrr…..flattering picture," said Rikku.

"What, you saying I'm ugly?" asked Yuna.

"No no no no no! Just that, it looks like something your boyfriend would draw, not your teacher. Back me up here Lulu. I didn't mean to insult you, you know we think you're pretty, it's just the way the picture's posed," explained Rikku.

"Don't worry Rikku; I was only messing with you, I know you didn't mean to insult me Does it really look like that though?" asked Yuna, giving the picture a second look.

"It does," said Lulu, who up until now had kept fairly quiet, "they seem to have paid attention to very small details and have taken much care and consideration, but that's just my view. I don't do art, I don't know enough."

Yuna thought about this for a second, but she tried to keep up the story of her lie, so she just shrugged and said "maybe", before putting the picture in her bag. She tired to put it in quickly, so the others wouldn't notice her taking great care of it, but also carefully, as she didn't want to crease it.

The bell went and they wandered to their Tutor room. Outside the room were Wakka and Tidus who were laughing as per usual. They always seemed to be really happy about something or other.

"Oh hey there Lulu," said Wakka.

Lulu replied with a small nod, and an even smaller smile.

"Can I talk to you for a moment, in private?" asked Wakka with a sheepish smile.

Lulu nodded again, and they left the group to go around a corner. Rikku made moves to sneak and listen, but Paine grabbed her shoulder and shook her head, Rikku just shrugged. Tidus took the distraction to move next to Yuna who was leaning against the wall.

"Do we have art today?" he asked, smiling slightly.

Yuna tried to keep her happy feelings in toe, and replied as normally as possible.

"Yea. Yea, we do."

"What period?"

"Period 1," said Yuna, which meant that it was first lesson after registration.

"I'll walk you there then," Tidus said in a way that made it seem that he hadn't considered doing anything that day, apart from walking to that class with Yuna.

At that moment, Auron walked through the doors just as the bell went. Come on love birds he said as he passed where Wakka and Lulu had been 'hiding' from the rest of the tutor group. Auron walked towards the door and unlocked it and they all filed in. Yuna watched Lulu out of the corner of her eye. She looked slightly pink, and kept catching Wakka's eye who was turning to look and smile at her every now and then. Rikku, who was sat next to Yuna gave a small giggle, as she was also watching Wakka and Lulu exchange smiles. When Wakka smiled and Lulu blew him a kiss, Rikku chocked out of shock, and Yuna had to pat her on the back as Lulu looked round with a glare. Yuna was smiling as if to say "poor Rikku, she's had this cough for a week now" and was patting her back as though Rikku was coughing due to illness, and not because of shock. Lulu had never had a boyfriend, and never seemed interested in boys in the slightest. She seemed far more concerned with making sure her grades were good and hanging around with her friends. So therefore her blowing kisses at a guy she had met only a couple of days ago was…well… shocking!

When the bell went, Yuna noticed Tidus hanging back and waiting for her. She told Rikku she'd see her in Maths. Rikku saw Tidus waiting and smiled to herself. Yuna sighed in her mind as she knew she'd have to suffer her friends' comments about her liking Tidus.

Tidus smiled at her, and Yuna felt like she was lying in a field and watching the clouds going over head and the warm sun on her skin. She felt so happy and warm, but she could tell her cheeks were ever-so-slightly pink. They walked in silence all the way to the class, but it was comfortable silence. They knew very little about one another, but it felt like they had known each other for years to the point they didn't have anything left to say to each other.

They reached the class room and Tidus held the door for Yuna. She smiled her thanks and they both sat down at the back. Their teacher looked really disheveled that morning. Her hair was all over, her skirt wasn't straight, and she looked kind of slightly shocked. She wrote the lesson plan on the board and Tidus scribbled something on a small piece of paper. He slid it across the desk whilst reading what was on the board. Yuna opened the note and read "and that is what we call the hit-by-a-bus look". She had to try not to laugh, so she caught Tidus's eye and grinned. He grinned back. After 5 minutes, once the teacher had explained the task, she began assigning pairs. She got through the class and Yuna and Tidus didn't have a pair. Everyone was moving to get next to their new partner, and Tidus and Yuna looked at each confused. The teacher saw their confused faces. She said, "Don't worry you two. I loved the work you did last lesson. I think you should work together. No need to move seats." With that, she returned to her desk.

Tidus and Yuna re-read the task on the board, which was to hand in a picture on the theme of contrast. The room slowly filled with talk and laughter and Tidus turned to face Yuna.

"Got any ideas?" he asked.

"Actually yeah, one or two. You?"

"None really. You say what yours are," he said.

"Well I was thinking that we could do one big picture, and because you can draw so well, but I prefer using a camera, we could have like a main picture in the front, with something contrasting, and smaller pictures creating a sort of collage for the background, and all of them will be contrasting," she explained.

"Yea!" said Tidus, his eyes lighting up with new ideas and enthusiasm. We should have a photo in the middle. Wait! Make it of you and me, back to back, we can do something with lighting and stuff."

"Because of the male/female thing? Yeah, that would really work," she agreed.

They spent the whole lesson planning their picture. There was a combination of many things, but Yuna was kind of nervous. This would mean seeing Tidus out of school. She loved the idea, but was also terrified by it. The teacher told them to pack away, and they all rose from their seats.

"You doing anything tonight?" asked Tidus. "I just though we should get a start on our project."

"No, I'm not," replied Yuna.

"Well, if I pick you up, we can go and find somewhere outside that's a good place to take some photos."

"Sounds good," said Yuna.

They both set off for Maths, thoughts were coursing through Yuna's mind. They would have some black and white pictures, and some colour ones, and some pencil sketches, and some colour ones. She was really excited, but sort of nervous too.

They entered Maths together and Tidus went to sit next to Wakka, Gippal and Baralai. Yuna saw Rikku, Paine and Lulu sitting together, so she decided to join them. The lesson started off in very dull, but when the teacher left to take a call from the office, the class started to talk.

"Hey Yuna, what are you doing after school? We thought we would go shopping. You up for it?" asked Rikku.

"Well, erm. I've actually got something else on," Yuna replied.

"You have?" asked Lulu. "What are you doing?"

"Well," said Yuna, going slightly pink, "me and Tidus just planned to get a head start on an art project." She explained.

"Little Yuna's growing up," said Paine with half a smile.

Yuna rolled her eyes while Rikku nudged her hard in the ribs and winked.

"Anyway Lulu, what did Wakka and you discuss?" asked Paine, causing the second person on the table to go pink.

"Nothing," lied Lulu.

"Ah come on Lulu! You know you wanna tell us," said Rikku with a smile.

"No, I really don't," replied Lulu.

"Did he ask you out?" asked Paine.

Lulu dropped her pen and went even pinker.

"No! I mean, well. Yes, but no, and that none of your business!" she said.

"Oh Lulu. He seems really nice. You're lucky," said Yuna with a smile. She was slightly envious, but mostly happy for her friend. If only the boy with the sandy blonde hair and the deep blue eyes would ask her the same thing. She looked out the window, and felt her mind start to drift off.

The teacher returned and they all continued with their work.

At the end of the day, Yuna walked out of the gates with Rikku. Outside, they saw Wakka and Tidus. Tidus held up 6 fingers, and Yuna smiled. She had 2 hours to get ready once she got in then before he would call for her. She set of home slightly quicker than usual, with thoughts of the up-coming evening.

Again, many many apologies. Don't foget I love you all. Your reviews mean so so much to me, I appreciate every one of them so much. Thank you.